VEILED BENEATH A CANOPY OF SYCAMORE, SILVER MAPLE, BOX ELDER, AND BIRCH IS ONE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON'S MOST AMBITIOUS SCHEMES: THE CANAL HE BELIEVED WOULD TRANSFORM THE POTOMAC INTO THE NATION'S ...

We have chosen to make our homes on a village of land where the footsteps of George Washington still ... to the Powtomack (Potomac) Canal System at the foot of Seneca Road with its Lock system ...

The carriage and ferry excursion led to a quarry next to what is now the C&O Canal ... the Potomac River was a possibility, there were significant challenges. Former President George Washington ...

Between ten and eleven on December 14, Washington died in his bedchamber with Martha at the foot of his bed. His last words ...

The National Park Service (NPS) has initiated a phased recovery approach, beginning with clearing public access points like ...

This essay is adapted from First Family: George Washington’s Heirs and the Making ... In the finished painting, it is the Potomac River that curves gently through the background.